The Classic Adventure of The Count of Monte Cristo by Robin Buss

Matthew Stallard, PhD: Great font size for reading and excellent notes.

United States on Dec 06, 2023

Velose: Classical book. Recommended for reading to everyone.

United States on Nov 26, 2023

John: Una de los mayores clásicos. Muy bueno. Hay varias versiones, personalmente prefiero esta y en papel, porque en físico es mucho mejor.

Spain on Nov 25, 2023

Amazon Customer: me llego en muy buen estado

United States on Nov 19, 2023

WWD: Fantastic book

United States on Nov 15, 2023

Laura D.: Such a thick book- I wasn’t expecting it. Great copy though. Excellent classic

Canada on Nov 14, 2023

guitarlover: This book is a very long read (1243 pages) but very worth it. Although it is an exciting adventure story full of complex plots, it is, much more than that. It deals with many themes that define us as human beings such as man's inhumanity to man, love, cruelty, kindness, courage, revenge, suicide, justice, God's will, happiness, politics, self-identity, hope, religious faith, and actual historical events. This book held my interest from beginning to end. The English translation by Robin Buss is excellent. There are explanatory notes. I highly recommend this Penguin edition of 'The Count Of Monte Cristo'.

Australia on Oct 06, 2023

Dunfermline Reads: The Count Of Monte Cristo was the first book I picked up in many years in order to make a return to my love of reading and wow did it not disappoint. In a story you are always looking for great characters, a story that makes you want to read more and more with each passing page, and you want to feel emotion. Well this book gave me everything. I was shouting at the pages in anger, laughing, crying, every emotion you can think of.

I was surprised that it wasn’t really just the one story but actually many stories that bring together one overall tale. Each character has a story that we learn as things move along and a lot of the characters are associated with each other in some way.

People talk about big books being scary and at one point I agreed with that feeling however if you want to give one a try then I would certainly recommend this one as a starting point. If however you love big books and haven’t read this one yet I can only shout ‘why not, are you mad’ and suggest you click the image link above and order your copy today.

5 stars just isn’t enough.

United Kingdom on Jan 12, 2023

Melissa 'Dog/Wolf Lover': ALL THE FREAKING FEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never in a million years would have thought I would love this book! I never thought I would like something like this book. I never thought I would fall in love with Dantes! I never thought I would have so much anger, sadness, despair and happiness in this book! I never thought, did I!

*********SOME SPOILERS**********

Edmond Dantes was a wonderful man of 19-years-old. He had a woman he loved and was going to marry named Mercedes. A loving father. And he was going to be captain of the wonderful ship, Pharaon.

The the jealous b*stards or just b*stards in general ruined life for Dantes.

1. Danglars
2. Fernand
3. Villefort

I hate these men with such a passion I just wanted someone to kill their evil selves.

All of the jerks had a hand in putting Dantes in prison for 14 effing years! Yeah! For what? For NOTHING!

Dantes was in such despair he was going to starve himself to death. I can't even!

Then one night Dantes hears a scratching sound and soon realizes someone is tunneling. Dantes decides to tunnel as well. At some point the two of them...

United States on Jul 24, 2016

Boudu: The first three hundred pages of `The Count of Monte Cristo' are gripping, the story of an innocent man condemned, by a combination of accident & design, but who receives salvation at his moment of despair. The remainder of the novel is much more slow-burning as the Count engineers an introduction into Parisian society to exploit the weaknesses and dark secrets of his enemies: corruption, sexual misconduct & scandal.

'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a picaresque novel with a dramatic plot. But the novel, for me, appears to sacrifice character and depth for the exigencies of plot, and subplots, such as Maximilien & Valentine's thwarted romance & the serial poisoner, affect the overall pace of the novel and are both clunky and melodramatic.

There are glimpses of real style, such as the wonderful description towards the end of the evening sun reflected in the bosom of the waves. Despite the novel's length, there is a great deal of dialogue, revealing Dumas' theatrical background and his obvious talent at writing speech & conveying characters. There are some great secondary characters such as the wheel-chair ridden Noirtier; the passionate Mme Danglars,...

United Kingdom on Jan 20, 2013